Transfers 2015/16

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Ridiculous salary to pay someone who so rarely delivers. Disappointing that Bath probably won't be investing much in Devoto at 10.

 

[ratsapprentice]

"Reportedly"

According to who?

 

[goodNumber10]

to be fair, whilst i haven't seen any figures Twitter is awash in Bath Salary cap comments... also Henson leaving comments.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

"Reportedly"

According to who?

https://twitter.com/FoyChris

 

[ratsapprentice]

If true it's a ****ing retarded amount to spend on someone who is clearly second choice in either of the positions he could play.

Whilst I don't doubt that Bath are at least up to the cap, I think they stand out more due to the quality of players than anything else.
The idea that they are significantly more suspect than some of the other potentially sneaky clubs is silly IMO.

Leicester have 51 players in their premiership squad
Saracens have 44.
Bath have 41.
Saints have 42.
Quins have 47.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Agreed.

In other news Kitchener has signed a new deal!!!

 

[goodNumber10]

If true it's a ****ing retarded amount to spend on someone who is clearly second choice in either of the positions he could play.

Whilst I don't doubt that Bath are at least up to the cap, I think they stand out more due to the quality of players than anything else.
The idea that they are significantly more suspect than some of the other potentially sneaky clubs is silly IMO.

Leicester have 51 players in their premiership squad
Saracens have 44.
Bath have 41.
Saints have 42.
Quins have 47.

surely those figures come down when taking into consideration players out on loan etc...? Is that 51 & 41 etc.... including them? surely the Salary cap doesn't include them (dependent on who pays them obviously)

 

[ratsapprentice]

Not as far as I am aware... those are the number of players each club has included in the cap.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Don't know how you got 51 players? isn't it 50?

Also 5 of those players are injury dispensation. (Thorn, Whetton, Peterson, Bell, Roberts)

And 2 are cap exempt by the looks of it maybe 3.

So we would have 43/42 players in the cap (41/42 taking away the Marquee player).

 

[ratsapprentice]

http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures/leicester_tigers.php?section=1

That's what I was basing it on.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Interesting so do only players who have played in the League count?

that's not our squad that is players who have played for us so far in the league.

E.G. Grant and Wells were lonees from Nottingham and Bedford for 1 week.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

That doesn't make sense as in an interview jim malinder stated that saints have a playing squad of 32 + academy?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

That doesn't make sense as in an interview jim malinder stated that saints have a playing squad of 32 + academy?

Your club offy lists 41 http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/Rugby/Profiles.aspx

 

[ratsapprentice]

Tigers list 48 players on their Senior Squad page - which of those are injury cover?

That doesn't make sense as in an interview jim malinder stated that saints have a playing squad of 32 + academy?

So what doesn't make sense?

Your club offy lists 41 http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/Rugby/Profiles.aspx

That would be their 32 + academy then - obviously either someone wasn't added to their page or they had one person play as injury cover.

 

[goodNumber10]

Your club offy lists 41 http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/Rugby/Profiles.aspx

ah, scanning through that squad and seeing Dom Waldouck - what might of been if that lad hadn't suffered so many injuries.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Tigers list 48 players on their Senior Squad page - which of those are injury cover?



So what doesn't make sense?



That would be their 32 + academy then - obviously either someone wasn't added to their page or they had one person play as injury cover.

As in are academy players counted in the salary cap or not?

So we only pay 32 players within our cap. The other players are outside (much like the other clubs I guess)

 

[ratsapprentice]

As in are academy players counted in the salary cap or not?

They are.

A Club shall be entitled to up to eight £30,000 credits for players who have graduated from the Club's Academy (total credit value of £240,000). A qualifying player: • must have joined the Club before his 18th birthday;
• is still under the age of 24 at the start of the Season; and
• earns more than £30,000.
These credits only apply to the Senior Ceiling. For example, if a qualifying player earns £35,000, only £5,000 would be counted in the Club's Salary Cap calculations.

I wouldn't mind seeing the last part extended to senior acaemy graduates TBH... another level of encouragement of development.

 

[Irishkid]

Irish only have 34 in our squad 7 of them are u19.

 

[ratsapprentice]

You have 41 according to the premiership website.

 

[Peat]

If true it's a ****ing retarded amount to spend on someone who is clearly second choice in either of the positions he could play.

Would you rather Bath spent only 100k or so on a back-up fly-half and then spend all of your time swearing like mad when Ford's away with England/he gets injured and your back up just isn't up to standard?

I feel like I can predict your answer here - that Rhys Priestland will be the worst of both worlds - but the issue there is Priestland, not spending big on your back-up. I don't see why a team with big trophy ambitions wouldn't try to get two top-class fly-halves.

And I am very happy if Bath aren't trying to use Devoto as a 10/12/15 but instead let him concentrate on one position.